Sina Kalweit

Sina is a visiting PhD student from Aarhus University, Denmark. She works on modelling different carbon capture with PyPSA-Eur, a sector-coupled energy system model for capacity and dispatch optimization in Europe. She is interested in learning more about PrIsMa and USorb to combine insights from the two different modelling approaches.

Sina received her master’s degree in Biophysics from Saarland University (Germany) in 2022. Interested in learning more about decarbonization pathways, she began her PhD at Aarhus University (Denmark) later that year. She is currently a PhD student in the Marta Victoria Group, where she works on modelling different ways to decarbonize the European energy system. Her research initially focused on the electrification of land transport, analysing which fuel options are cost-effective under varying climate targets. She has since shifted her focus to carbon capture and sequestration technologies like direct air capture, enhanced weathering or biomass, investigating their potential role and limitations in achieving net-zero emissions across multiple sectors, including industry, transport, heating, and power generation. Currently, she aims to learn more about direct air capture. Her doctoral project is funded by CORC, the Novo Nordisk Foundation CO₂ Research Centre, which aims to develop new ways to capture and convert CO₂ for utilization and storage.

Visiting PhD student

Energy system model, carbon capture technology, Direct Air Capture, carbon storage, low energy systems